St. Gregory’s University Students Participate in Fourth Annual Scholars’ Day

Thirty-Four students from St. Gregory’s University took part in the Fourth Annual Scholars’ Day, hosted by St. Gregory’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Education.

Scholars’ Day was created to give students an opportunity to present their research projects to a wider academic community in poster format, which is required by local and regional conferences.

“Our senior students were excited to interact with so many attendees and commented that they felt more confident in their projects after finishing their poster presentations,” said Dr. Vickie Jean, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. “This was the first time we held the event in the Great Room of the Rockwood Center, which was a wise venue as we had the largest turnout we’ve had for the event.”

Students prepared their posters throughout the fall semester, drawing inspiration from a field they are passionate in relation to their major.

“My research was about emotional contingency in athletes and how susceptible they are to catch emotions from their teammates, coaches and fans,” said Payton Fite, a senior majoring in Communications. “I drew inspiration from working with Brad Collins, Sports Information Director at St. Gregory’s University.”

Dr. Jean would like to extend a thank you to Sheryl Cozad and her husband for editing and printing the posters for students, Dr. Ron Faulk, Jeff Johnson, Dr. Gayle Fischer and Dr. Josh Young for their scholarly assistance with the research projects and to all faculty, staff and students who attended and made the event so successful. Posters will be displayed on a rotational basis along the third floor hallways of Benedictine Hall.